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Photo (L-R): Members of the UCC PD-Life team - Dr Grace Crotty, Professor Ger O’Keeffe, Professor Suzanne Timmons, Dr Emma O’Shea, Dr Emma Gleeson.
15 Aug 2025

UCC researchers receive major funding awards under the HEA North-South Research Programme

The development of an all-island research hub for Parkinson’s disease (PD) and protecting the operation of critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks are the two major projects that University College Cork (UCC) researchers will lead and partner on through the North-South Research Programme (NSRP).
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Photo (L-R): Members of the UCC PD-Life team - Dr Grace Crotty, Professor Ger O’Keeffe, Professor Suzanne Timmons, Dr Emma O’Shea, Dr Emma Gleeson.
15 Aug 2025

UCC researchers receive major funding awards under the HEA North-South Research Programme

The development of an all-island research hub for Parkinson’s disease (PD) and protecting the operation of critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks are the two major projects that University College Cork (UCC) researchers will lead and partner on through the North-South Research Programme (NSRP).
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Photo (L-R): Dr Paul Holloway, Dr Paraic Ryan and Dr Vahid Aryanpur.
14 Aug 2025

UCC researchers receive €1.2m to develop climate services and risk-based climate adaptation tools

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have received €1.2 million in research funding under Met Éireann’s Weather and Climate Research Programme to develop innovative research projects aimed at addressing climate change, extreme weather events and environmental sustainability.
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Photo (L-R): Dr Paul Holloway, Dr Paraic Ryan and Dr Vahid Aryanpur.
14 Aug 2025

UCC researchers receive €1.2m to develop climate services and risk-based climate adaptation tools

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have received €1.2 million in research funding under Met Éireann’s Weather and Climate Research Programme to develop innovative research projects aimed at addressing climate change, extreme weather events and environmental sustainability.
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